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Tina Papathoma is doing her PhD at the Institute of Educational Technology, Open University, UK. Currently, she is a visiting PhD researcher at UPF for a period of 3 months. The PhD study she is working on is related to how educators learn how to teach in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).Â During her PhD […]

On May 24th, members of GTI participated in the workshop âHybridEd Workshop: Innovations in Blended Learning with MOOCsâ within the eMOOCs conference 2017. The main goal of the workshop was creating a space and an outlet to share and present experiences in Blended Learning (BL) using MOOCs. During the first part, where several presentations […]

FutureLearn , a prominent Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) provider, held its partners conference at Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona on 11 and 12 April where over 20 existing and potential partners met and shared their experiences. Members from GTI Learning also participated in the event and Davinia Hernandez-Leo participated in a panel discussion on “How […]

MirÃ­adaX is the main Spanish MOOC provider, promoted by TelefÃ³nica, Universia and Banco Santander. MirÃ­adaX offers MOOCs since 2013, most of them in Spanish, and few in Portuguese and English. In the context of the CÃ¡tedra TelefÃ³nica-UPF, we have analyzed MirÃ­adaX platform data till the end of 2014, including data form 144 courses and […]

Yesterday there was a TEDx event around Education in Barcelona (#TEDxBarcelonaED). The participation was outstanding, with 300 participating physically in the auditorium of Torre TelefÃ³nica and over 2000 people following via streaming. The talks were very varied: from values, to technology, to life experiences. A selection of the public also presented their education-related initiatives. Davinia […]

The GTI member Davinia HernÃ¡ndez-Leo has participated today in an expert panel in Helsinki with the titleÂ Are MOOCs providing the European workforce with necessary web skills? Experts fromÂ educational institutions, multinational companies, MOOC providers and MOOC platforms has discussed the role MOOCs can have to meet the increasing demand for the European workforce, including Web entrepreneurs, […]

âEL JOC DE LES TORRES: Discovering LâHospitalet using your Smartphoneâ In the frame of its Technology-Enhanced Learning research line, the GTI (Interactive Technologies Group, Universitat Pompeu Fabra â Barcelona) has developed an educational game for smartphones to discover the historical heritage of LâHospitalet in situ. The game has been designed by a team of 7 […]